Wright frustrated by lack of activity
David Wright #5 of the New York Mets looks on from the dugout as his team plays against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. (May 20, 2011) Credit: Jim McIsaac
The Mets, in conjunction with the team's medical staff, still are formulating a rehabilitation plan for David Wright, who finished up the last round of tests for the stress fracture in his lower back Thursday.
That final exam included a SPECT scan, which involved injecting a dye through an IV for an image of the blood flow to the affected area. Wright already had an MRI and CT scan before he was placed on the DL Wednesday, so now that the information phase is complete, he's waiting for the next step.
"The goal is now to get all the doctors together and figure out what all of it means," Wright said. "No one's told me if somebody's had this before and how long they've missed or what they had to do, so right now I'm just at a point where we're still figuring out what the best course of action is."
This is the first Subway Series that Wright will miss entirely, but that didn't bother him as much as being on the disabled list for only the second time in his eight-year career. Wright remains optimistic that he'll be ready in two weeks. "That's the plan in my head right now,'' he said, "and I'm going to do everything I can to make it happen."
Wright is in complete shutdown mode -- he's not even allowed to ride a stationary bike -- and a prolonged rest period is essential before he can resume any baseball activity.
"That's the hardest part I think right now," Wright said. "When you think of rehabbing something, you think of doing something to help yourself get back on the field, and it's the opposite with me. I can't do anything, and that's supposed to be the best thing for me right now."
Wright was limited to playing cards and doing interviews Friday, but he still wore his gray uniform pants with an orange "Wreak Havoc" T-shirt. He's missed only four games because of this injury and has shuttled between Citi Field and the Hospital for Special Surgery, but the boredom already is unbearable.
"I think my body is used to doing stuff," Wright said, "and when your body doesn't do anything for this amount of time, I think it kind of gets out of whack. I think that's where I'm at now -- just out of whack. So hopefully we get a plan together and at least I'll have some sort of purpose to come to the ballpark every day and I'll actually feel like I'm doing something to kind of quicken the process."
